Press seal having a press body

Abstract

The invention relates to a press body ( 1 ), adapted for a press seal having an elastomer body ( 91 ) for contacting a conduit sealingly, said press body ( 1 ) and a tensioning bolt ( 212 ) for tensioning said press body ( 1 ), wherein said press body ( 1 ) can be pressed onto said elastomer body ( 91 ) by tensioning said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) in such a way that said elastomer body contacts said conduit sealingly, and wherein further said press body ( 1 ) comprises a read out member at which a force transmitted to said elastomer body ( 1 ) during said tensioning of said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) can be read out.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A press body ( 1 ),
 adapted for a press sealing having
 an elastomer body ( 91 ) for contacting a conduit sealingly, 
 said press body ( 1 ) and 
 
 a tensioning bolt ( 212 ) for tensioning said press body ( 1 ), 
 wherein said press body ( 1 ) can be pressed onto said elastomer body ( 91 ) by tensioning said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) in such a way that said elastomer body contacts said conduit sealingly, 
 and wherein further said press body ( 1 ) comprises a read out member at which a force transmitted to said elastomer body ( 1 ) during said tensioning of said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) can be read out, 
 wherein further said press body ( 1 ) comprises a first press body part ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ), a second press body part ( 21 ,  32 ) and a deformation member ( 29 ,  51 ), wherein said first press body part ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ) is adapted for a contact with said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) so that said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) transmits a force onto said first press body part ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ) during said tensioning and said second press body part ( 21 ,  32 ) is adapted for contacting said elastomer body with a contact surface ( 28   a,b ) and wherein further said first press body part ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ) and said second press body part ( 21 ,  32 ) are adapted for being movable relatively to each other via said deformation member ( 29 ,  51 ) as a bearing and are adapted for being in a relative position in dependence of said force transmitted to said elastomer body ( 91 ), wherein said relative position can be read out at said read out member, 
 characterized in that said deformation member ( 29 ,  51 ) is different from said elastomer body ( 91 ). 
 
     
     
       2. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein a read out pin ( 21 ,  33 ) is provided as said read out member, wherein said press body ( 1 ) is adapted for said read out pin ( 21 ,  33 ) extending through a through hole in said first press body part ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ) in said relative position. 
     
     
       3. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 1  having an opening indicator ( 210 ) provided at said through hole and closing the later preferably, said opening indicator ( 210 ) being adapted for being opened by said read out pin ( 21 ,  33 ) in said relative position. 
     
     
       4. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said contact surface ( 28   b ) has an area amounting to at least 50% of the area of a projected area of said press body, said projected area resulting from a vertical projection of the whole press body ( 1 ) into a plane perpendicular to said conduit direction ( 2 ). 
     
     
       5. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 4 , wherein said area of said contact surface ( 28   b ) amounts to at least 125% of the area of a projected area of a press body part, said projected press body part area resulting from a vertical projection of said first press body part ( 31 ) into a plane perpendicular to said conduit direction ( 2 ). 
     
     
       6. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 4 , wherein said deformation member ( 51 ) is an elastic deformation member ( 51 ), said elastic deformation member ( 51 ) itself being said read out member, wherein said relative position can be read out from said deformation of said elastic deformation member ( 51 ) perpendicularly to said conduit direction ( 2 ). 
     
     
       7. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 6  having a window ( 41 ) in said first press body part ( 31 ), wherein said deformation of said elastic deformation member ( 51 ) perpendicularly to said conduit direction can be read out at said window. 
     
     
       8. The press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein a scale is provided at said press body ( 1 ), wherein a plurality of force values transmitted to said elastomer body ( 91 ) can be read out at said scale by said read out member. 
     
     
       9. A press seal having a press body ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , an elastomer body ( 91 ) for contacting a conduit sealingly and a tensioning bolt ( 212 ) tensioning said press body ( 1 ), wherein said press body ( 1 ) can be pressed onto said elastomer body ( 91 ) by tensioning said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) in such a way that said elastomer body ( 91 ) contacts said conduit sealingly. 
     
     
       10. The press seal according to  claim 9 , wherein said elastomer body ( 91 ) is made of a plurality of elastomer body parts ( 91 ) being provided complementary to each other and being composable in such a way that, when being composed, seen in said conduit direction ( 2 ), an elastomer body part ( 91 ) overlaps at each of its ends with respect to a circumferential direction with respectably another elastomer body part ( 91 ) being directly adjacent with respect to said circumferential direction, namely overlaps respectively in an overlap region ( 92 ) oriented obliquely to said conduit direction ( 2 ), wherein said elastomer body parts being directly adjacent are connected to each other by a tensioning bolt ( 212 ) intersecting said respective overlap region ( 92 ). 
     
     
       11. A set of press seals with a plurality of press seals according to  claim 9 , said press seals having respectively a press body ( 1 ) with a tensioning-bolt-contact-press-body-part ( 22 ) being adapted for a contact with said tensioning bolt ( 212 ) and an elastomer-body-contact-press-body-part ( 23 ) multipart to said tensioning-bolt-contact-press-body-part, said elastomer-body-contact-press-body-part being adapted for contacting said elastomer body with a contact surface ( 27 ,  28   b ), wherein said press bodies ( 1 ) of said press seals of said set have different elastomer-body-contact-press-body-parts ( 23 ) but have identical tensioning-bolt-contact-press-body-parts ( 22 ). 
     
     
       12. A set of press seals with a plurality of press seals according to  claim 9 , wherein said first press body parts ( 22 ,  23 ,  31 ) and said second press body parts ( 21 ,  32 ) of said press bodies ( 1 ) of said press seals of said set are identical to each other respectively, but said press bodies ( 1 ) of said press seals of said set are equipped with different elastic deformation members ( 29 ,  51 ). 
     
     
       13. A method of constructing the press seal of  claim 9  comprising utilizing the press body ( 1 ).